Bridle-blind.



No. 887,338. PATENTED MAY l2, 1908. P. T. MOORE.

BRIDLE BLIND.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1907.

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ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK T. MOORE, OF GEYSERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

BRIDLE-B LIND.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK T. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Geyserville, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle- Blinds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to blinds for bridles, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of the same whereby the mechanism for causing the same to completely blind the animal is ma-` terially simplified, as will be hereinafter more definitely pointed out and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imroved construction shown attached to a ridle in position on a horses head. Fig. 2

is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional view of one of the blinds.

Similar numerals of reference denote corres onding parts in the two views.

n the said drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes the usual side strap of bridle and 2 the throat latch thereof. Fixed to the side straps in the usual manner are my improved blinds, the same being formed of an outer layer 3, an intermediate layer 4, and an inner layer 5, preferably of leather or other flexible material. Located between the outer and inner layers of each blind are two s rings having their ends 6 extending for a istance in o posite directions between said layers and their central coiled portions 7 rejecting through apertures 8 in the inner ayer 5 of the blind. Normally the ends 6 of said springs under the tension of the coiled portions thereof will lie in the same place, so as to maintain their blinds in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Attached to the upper outer end of each of said blinds is a strap 9 that is crossed across the forehead of the animal, and passes through eyelets 10 fixed to the side straps 1 of the bridle passing from thence beneath the throat of the ani- 'mal and having its looped end passed through a loop 11 attached to the throat latch 2, as shown. Similarly a strap 12 is connected to the lower ends of the blinds and similarly crossed and passed through eyelets Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 25, 1907.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Serial No. 385,492.

13 on the side straps l and through loop 11. At their inner ends said loops are passed through a ring 14. that is too large to pass through loop 11 and also has connected thereto a rein 15 that passes back to within reach of the driver.

ln use the spring ends 6 will normally maintain the blinds in the position shown in Fig. 1, but when the rein 15 is pulled the looped ends of straps 9 and 12 will be drawn backward, thereby folding the outer ends of the blinds towards each other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and causing the same to completely cover the eyes of the animal, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A blind for bridles, embodying a flexible body portion formed of a plurality of layers of material, and one or more springs havin T oppositely extended arms lying between said layers, and a central coiled portion projecting through an aperture in the inner layer of said body portion, said spring or springs adapted to normally maintain said blind in a flat position but ada )ted to yield under a ull to permit said blin( to fold on a line Wit 1 said coiled portion. l

2. The combination with a bridle, a pair of blinds attached thereto at their inner ends and adapted to Afold vertically intermediate their length, and means for normally maintaining said blinds in their open or flat position, a stra connected to the outer upper ends of sa'ic blinds and crossed at its front and looped at its rear beneath the throat of the animal, a similar stra connected to the lower outer ends of said b inds and similarly crossed and looped and a rein connected to said loops for retracting said straps and folding said blinds.

3. The combination with' a bridle, a pair of blinds attached thereto at their inner ends and adapted to fold vertically intermediate their length, and means for normally maintaining said blinds in their open or flat position, of a strap connected to the outer upper ends of said blinds and crossed at its front and looped at its rear beneath the throat of the animal, a similar stra connected to the lower outer ends of said b inds and similarly crossed and looped, a loop on said bridle In testimony Whereofl affix my signature, beneath the throat of the animal through n presence of tWo Witnesses.

which the looped ends of said straps are passed7 a ring larger than said loop With FREDERICK T' MOORE' Which said loops are engaged and a rein oon- Witnesses: neoted to said ring for retraotng said straps C. R. MILLER, and folding said blinds. HENRY ALPERS. 

